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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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Last week I was involved in a rear ended accident that caused me to do a 360 on the highway, when the car stopped spinning I noticed it had turned off in the process. Is there any reason why it would do something like that?
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When your wheels are going backwards when you are in a forward gear, it kills the motor.
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It's a fuction of the SRS system to kill the engine. In an accident of that size it would definately switch the engine off.
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Originally Posted by lkchris
When your wheels are going backwards when you are in a forward gear, it kills the motor.


Not when your wheels are connected to the engine via a fluid coupling. See correct answer above.
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